Decorative computer monitor cover

• US 5,759,644 A
• Filed: 07/05/1994
• Issued: 06/02/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David B. Stanley
• Original Assignee: David B. Stanley
• Inventors: Stanley, David B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Epstein, Henry F.
• Application Number:
  US08/270,368
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: 428/14, 428/100, 150/165, 206/320
• US Class Current: 428/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24017 Hook or barb

Abstract

A decorative cover for computer monitors having a covering material assembly (10), made of a flexible covering material (12) configured to conform to the general size and shape of the forward portion of a computer monitor (20). The cover has an opening through which the computer monitor screen may be directly viewed while the cover is in place on the monitor. The cover opening is maintained by a preformed support member (14), made of a semi-rigid material, which is attached to the covering material. The cover is held in place on the monitor by securing means comprised of elastic banding (16) and/or hook and loop fastening strips (18).

Claims

1. A cover assembly for covering portions of a computer monitor, the computer monitor comprising a housing having lateral and top and bottom sides defining side surfaces, a front side defining a face surface, the face surface extending inwardly from and substantially perpendicular to the side surfaces, a video display screen, supported within the computer monitor housing, presenting a video display surface, and a display bezel defining a bezel surface extending from the face surface to the video display surface and angularly displaced from the video display and face surfaces, said cover assembly comprising;

a flexible cover member shaped to form a closed band, said cover member having an inside cover surface and an outside cover surface and opposed inner and outer cover edges extending along said cover member, said flexible cover member defining a viewing aperture therethrough,

a semi-rigid support member disposed in engagement with said cover member adjacent said inner cover edge, said semi-rigid support member being shaped and configured so as to conform portions of said flexible cover member adjacent said inner cover edges to a shape and configuration corresponding generally to the shape and configuration of the bezel surface of the computer monitor; and

securing means adapted to mount said flexible cover member in engagement about the computer monitor such that the video display surface is viewable through said viewing aperture of said flexible cover member and, wherein a portion of said flexible cover member adjacent said inner cover edge is disposed adjacent to the bezel surface and urged into overlying relation with the bezel surface by said semi-rigid support member so as to substantially cover the bezel surface, and further wherein other portions of said flexible cover member are disposed and maintained in overlying relation to at least the face surface of the computer monitor.

2. The cover assembly of claim 1 wherein portions of said cover member are maintained in overlying relation to at least one side surface of the computer monitor when said flexible cover member is mounted in engagement about the computer monitor.

3. The cover assembly of claim 1 wherein said securing means comprises hook and loop fasteners having cooperating members disposed in engagement with said semi-rigid support member and the bezel surface so as to support said portion of said flexible cover member adjacent said inner cover edge adjacent to and in overlying relation with the bezel surface.

4. The cover assembly of claim 1 wherein said securing means comprises an elastic band engagable with said flexible support member and adaptable to support said flexible cover member in adjustable and removable engagement with the computer monitor.

5. The cover assembly of claim 4 wherein said elastic band extends longitudinally along said flexible cover member adjacent said outer cover edge and is adapted to cause a portion of said flexible cover member adjacent said outer cover edge to elastically and compressively engage the side surfaces of the computer monitor when said cover assembly is mounted to the computer monitor.

6. The cover assembly of claim 1 wherein said securing means includes a hook and loop fastener having cooperating members disposed in engagement with said semi-rigid support member and the bezel surface so as to support said portion of said flexible cover member adjacent said inner cover edge adjacent to and in overlying relation with the bezel surface, and an elastic band engagable with said flexible cover member and disposable in compressive engagement with the computer monitor to support said flexible cover member in adjustable and removable engagement with the computer monitor.

7. The cover assembly of claim 6 wherein said elastic band extends longitudinally along said flexible cover member adjacent said outer cover edge and is adapted to cause a portion of said flexible cover member adjacent said outer edge to elastically and compressively engage the side surfaces of the computer monitor when the cover assembly is mounted to the computer monitor.

8. The cover assembly of claim 1 further comprising a decorative feature adapted for mounting along the outside cover surface.

9. A cover assembly for covering portions of a computer monitor, the computer monitor comprising a housing having lateral and top and bottom sides defining side surfaces, a front side defining a face surface, the face surface extending inwardly from and substantially perpendicular to the side surfaces, a video display screen supported within the computer monitor housing and presenting a video display surface, and a display bezel defining a bezel surface extending from the face surface to the video display surface and angularly displaced from the video display and face surfaces, said cover assembly comprising:

a flexible cover member shaped to form a closed band, said cover member having an inside cover surface and an outside cover surface and opposed inner and outer cover edges extending along said cover member, said cover member defining a viewing aperture therethrough, and

securing means adapted to mount said flexible cover member in engagement about the computer monitor such that the video display surface is viewable through said viewing aperture of said flexible cover member ana, wherein a portion of said flexible cover member adjacent said inner cover edge is disposed adjacent to and urged into overlying relation with the bezel surface so as to substantially cover the bezel surface, and further wherein other portions of said flexible cover member are disposed and maintained in overlying relation to at least the face surface of the computer monitor.

10. The cover assembly of claim 9 further comprising a decorative feature adapted for mounting along the outside cover surface.